# The best day trips from Melbourne

Coast, wine country, penguins and forests within a few hours of the city.

- 201 votes · 11 items
- May 31, 2024 · menuhunter
- https://even.best/en/l/3902/the-best-day-trips-from-melbourne

## Top 11

1. **Great Ocean Road** (23 · ▲25 ▼2) — The Twelve Apostles, Lorne and the Otways.
2. **Phillip Island** (19 · ▲23 ▼4) — The nightly Penguin Parade.
3. **Yarra Valley** (17 · ▲19 ▼2) — Victoria's oldest wine region.
4. **Dandenong Ranges** (14 · ▲17 ▼3) — Puffing Billy steam train and fern gullies.
5. **Wilsons Promontory** (9 · ▲12 ▼3) — Granite headlands and wombats.
6. **Ballarat** (8 · ▲13 ▼5) — Gold-rush history at Sovereign Hill.
7. **Bellarine Peninsula and Queenscliff** (8 · ▲12 ▼4) — Heritage seaside towns and wineries.
8. **Mornington Peninsula** (7 · ▲14 ▼7) — Beaches, wineries and hot springs.
9. **Healesville Sanctuary** (7 · ▲10 ▼3) — Native wildlife in the Yarra Valley.
10. **Daylesford** (7 · ▲9 ▼2) — Spa town of mineral springs.
11. **Grampians National Park** (4 · ▲8 ▼4) — Long but spectacular, with lookouts and waterfalls.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.